HSI YMCA BLS Exam 2025/2026 – Study Guide & Practice Prep
The Heel of One Hand
technique
BLS provider should con-
1. This technique may be useful for larger infants or
when the BLS provider has difficulty compressing the
appropriate depth.
2. You and another BLS provider are giving CPR to a
7-year-old child when the AED arrives. You turn on the tinue high-quality com-
AED, switch the AED to pediatric energy levels, and pressions while the AED is
apply the pads. The other BLS provider should: charging
3. When breathing slows or stops, it leads to bradycardia, 60
a slow heart rhythm of fewer than _ beats per minute.
4. You are a lone BLS provider responding to a possible pulse. You
adult cardiac arrest. The scene is safe. You have taken have a CPR
standard precautions. An untrained bystander heard mask with a
the person collapse. You have activated EMS or your one-way valve.
occupational emergency action plan. Other providers What should
are on the way. An AED is located in the building, you do?
about 3 minutes away. The patient is unresponsive
5. You and
and making gurgling sounds. You do not feel a carotid
another BLS
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, HSI YMCA BLS Exam 2025/2026 – Study Guide & Practice Prep
provider have responded to a call for a 5-month-old Send the bystander to get
infant with trouble breathing. The scene is safe. You the AED. Start high-quality
have taken standard precau- tions. The infant is CPR.
unresponsive and gasping. You have activated EMS
or your occupational emergency action plan. A weak
brachial pulse at about 40 beats per minute is felt.
The infant's skin is mottled, and the hands and feet
are cool to touch. Other BLS providers
You should start
high-quality CPR
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The Heel of One Hand
technique
BLS provider should con-
1. This technique may be useful for larger infants or
when the BLS provider has difficulty compressing the
appropriate depth.
2. You and another BLS provider are giving CPR to a
7-year-old child when the AED arrives. You turn on the tinue high-quality com-
AED, switch the AED to pediatric energy levels, and pressions while the AED is
apply the pads. The other BLS provider should: charging
3. When breathing slows or stops, it leads to bradycardia, 60
a slow heart rhythm of fewer than _ beats per minute.
4. You are a lone BLS provider responding to a possible pulse. You
adult cardiac arrest. The scene is safe. You have taken have a CPR
standard precautions. An untrained bystander heard mask with a
the person collapse. You have activated EMS or your one-way valve.
occupational emergency action plan. Other providers What should
are on the way. An AED is located in the building, you do?
about 3 minutes away. The patient is unresponsive
5. You and
and making gurgling sounds. You do not feel a carotid
another BLS
1/5
, HSI YMCA BLS Exam 2025/2026 – Study Guide & Practice Prep
provider have responded to a call for a 5-month-old Send the bystander to get
infant with trouble breathing. The scene is safe. You the AED. Start high-quality
have taken standard precau- tions. The infant is CPR.
unresponsive and gasping. You have activated EMS
or your occupational emergency action plan. A weak
brachial pulse at about 40 beats per minute is felt.
The infant's skin is mottled, and the hands and feet
are cool to touch. Other BLS providers
You should start
high-quality CPR
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